Your thoughts on my promo card

Arch · May 10, 2008

twocolor said:
I hate to argue, but I too come from a graphic design - 13 years and marketing - 5 years background. When you design a flier/brochure/business card, you want something to GRAB your clientelle. You want them to stop in their tracks and give you a good look. In my research on marketing (I "specialize" in marketing for non-profit organizations - although I do marketing for other markets as well) something like a promotional card will get skipped over if its 1- too busy, 2- too wordy, and 3- if the potential client can't remember who to identify the promotional card to. If you're trying to hit EVERYTHING you feel you can do, your going to have a promotional card that has each and every one of those three issues.

So, yes we are all entitled to our own opinions, but I too have some education to back my reasoning!

ok i think we are talking about different things now.... i agree with everything you just said, however that was not what my point was, your now talking about layout.

This is what i originally said '...says to me that you are exclusively a portrait photographer... if this is correct then thats ok. If you plan on doing some wedding, product, property or any other type of commercial photography then you will need to include some examples.'

Craig answered the question with his next post...'sent to clients in need of headshots and portraits'.... so that answered my initial concern.. no need to add anything else to it.

What i was saying however, that IF this is to reflect someones business that wants to try and bring in product work as well as portraits, then it would be wise to show it.

No disrespect, but trying to explain to me about layout and design being too busy is like preaching to the choir. I would definately not recommmend having as many images as there is now and then to add other types of photography... that would be way over done. If Craig however said yes to wanting to draw in other types of business from the card then i would have advised a re-design... not to simply throw more images at the current layout.